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ANSWERS TO QUERIES. C. F. G., Chicago. The distance of the American Derby was always a mile and a half. The Picketts time was 2:33. W. G. McC. Chicago. 1 At the beginning of the back-stretch. 2 Only races of three-quarters or a mile and six and a quarter furlongs. 3 About 84 acres. 4 Do not possess the measurement.